Report: Rogers to 'Choose Chicago'

5/20/13 11:57 AM EDT

Former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers has been tapped to head up “Choose Chicago,” a government-sponsored Chicago marketing initiative, according to Windy City news reports.

“I am confident that she will help Choose Chicago reach the next level as it continues to find creative ways to lure tourists and convention business,” Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, another Obama White House alum, said of her appointment to the post, according to the Chicago Tribune. “I am excited at the prospect of working alongside Desiree again.”

The newspaper summed up Choose Chicago as “a government-supported not-for-profit that markets the city as a destination for tourists, business travelers and conventions.”

Rogers, appointed to serve as board chairman of the organization, stepped down from her White House position in 2010.